国际小行星中心在今天早些时候发布的第75550号公报中宣布了“海珠石”星(Hoijyusek)命名的消息,全文如下:

(273836) Hoijyusek = 2007 GZ27
  Discovered 2007 Apr. 13 by Q.-z. Ye and H.-C. Lin at Lulin.
  Hoi Jyu Sek (Haizhushi), "the Rock of the Pearl in Sea", was a large rock in the Pearl River that had been treated as an icon of Guangzhou (Canton) for many centuries. Many places and sites in Guangzhou, including the river itself, were named after it. Hoi Jyu Sek was buried under the Cheung Tai riverbank in 1931.

  海珠石是古时“羊城三石”之一,数千年来是广州的“镇城之石”,珠江亦由此得名,但在1931年修建长堤时被埋于地下。有报道称2000年前后在修建市政工程重新发现海珠石的遗迹,将重新修建公园保护之,但之后便没有了下文。

  “海珠石”星属于主带III型小行星,直径约5公里,公转周期约5.4年,目前正在巨蟹座运行。

注:对该星的命名使用粤语耶鲁拼音。